Thomas Taplin Cooke
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Grave of the Cooke family at Kensal Green
Thomas Taplin Cooke (1782–1866)[1] was an eminent English showman, born in Warwick, who toured in America as well as his own country. In 1997 Cooke was inducted into the Circus Hall of Fame.[2]
References[]
- ^ William L. Slout (1998). Olympians of the Sawdust Circle: A Biographical Dictionary of the Nineteenth Century American Circus. Wildside Press LLC. pp. 60–. ISBN 978-0-8095-1310-9. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ^ "International Circus Hall of Fame Inductees, Peru Indiana". Retrieved 9 June 2013.
Categories:
- Circus owners
- Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery
- People from Warwick
- 1782 births
- 1866 deaths
- 19th-century British businesspeople
- English business biography stubs
- British entertainer stubs